IN HIS FILM ADAPTATION of Hamlet (1996), Kenneth Branagh under­ scores the confessional themes present in the play by setting two scenes in a Roman Catholic confessional box. In the first scene, Po­ lonius interrogates Ophelia about her relationship with Ham­ let-an interaction that reinforces the common association of the confessional with an obsession over female sexuality. In the second scen...

Assuming the unrestricted application of classical logic, the paradoxes of truth, sets and properties make trouble for näıve intersubstitutivity principles, such as the principle that allows one to substitute, in non-intentional contexts, the claim that φ for the claim that ‘φ’ is true, or the claim that x is F for the claim that x has the property of being F . One way to respond to these parad...

A number of authors have noted that Quine seems to be of two minds regarding the rational revisability of logic (Arnold and Shapiro 2007, Haack 1974a, Dummett 1978a, Priest 2006a). Although Quine is clearly committed to the rational revisability of logic, some of his other philosophical commitments appear to rule out its possibility. His commitment to rational revisability is clear because he e...

This paper critically evaluates methodological issues relevant to using focus groups in media reception analyses. Focus groups have become a popular research method in recent years for social researchers (Morgan, 1993), and, more recently, for politicians and political parties (Kitzinger and Barbour, 1999). However, they have been used as far back as the 1920s for market research, and Robert Me...

Priest of the Church or a Church? The Ecclesiology Ordained Local Ministry Noel Cox Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, Lanham, MD, 2021, xv + 155 pp (hardback £73), ISBN: 978-1-9787-1185-3 - Volume 24 Issue 1